Isaias 66:19
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send of them that shall be saved, to the Gentiles into the sea, into Africa, and Lydia them that draw the bow: into Italy, and Greece, to the islands afar off, to them that have not heard of me, and have not seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory to the Gentiles:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et ponam in eis signum, et mittam ex eis qui salvati fuerint, ad gentes in mare, in Africam, et Lydiam, tendentes sagittam ; in Italiam et Græciam, ad insulas longe, ad eos qui non audierunt de me, et non viderunt gloriam meam. Et annuntiabunt gloriam meam gentibus ;
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ καταλείψω ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν σημεῖον, καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ ἐξ αὐτῶν σεσωσμένους εἰς τὰ ἔθνη, εἰς Θαρσεὶς καὶ Φοὺδ καὶ Λοὺδ καὶ Μόσοχ, καὶ εἰς Θοβὲλ καὶ εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα καὶ τὰς νήσους τὰς πόρρω, οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασίν μου τὸ ὄνομα οὔτε ἑοράκασίν μου τὴν δόξαν, καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσιν τὴν δόξαν μου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י בָהֶ֜ם א֗וֹת וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֣י מֵהֶ֣ם פְּ֠לֵיטִים אֶֽל הַגּוֹיִ֞ם תַּרְשִׁ֨ישׁ פּ֥וּל וְל֛וּד מֹ֥שְׁכֵי קֶ֖שֶׁת תֻּבַ֣ל וְיָוָ֑ן הָאִיִּ֣ים הָרְחֹקִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא שָׁמְע֤וּ אֶת שִׁמְעִי֙ וְלֹא רָא֣וּ אֶת כְּבוֹדִ֔י וְהִגִּ֥ידוּ אֶת כְּבוֹדִ֖י בַּגּוֹיִֽם
Haydock's commentary
Sign; the cross, which Christ left to enlighten us, (Ezechiel ix.; St. Jerome; Worthington) or the gospel, with the power of working miracles. Some Jews shall be saved, and shall preach to others, as God's servants.
Sea. Hebrew, "Tharsis, to Phul in Thebais, Lud, (Ethiopians.; Bochart) who were expert archers." Septuagint, "Mosoch."
Italy. Hebrew, "Thubal;" denoting Italy, Spain, Iberia, &c.
Greece. Hebrew, "Javan;" who peopled Ionia and the Archipelago. Islands, near Asia, (Calmet) and all distant places. (Parkhurst, p. 4.) (Haydock)
Men of all nations shall be converted, and brought by angels to the Church. (St. Jerome) (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
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